The writer's words about the artist's art -- Fondest of memories -- Music played on the strings of time -- Tide pools -- Reflections in a magnetic mirror / with Doug Beason -- Entropy ranch -- Dogged persistence -- Human, Martian-one, two, three -- Scientific romance -- Canals in the sand -- Dune: a whisper of Caladan seas / with Brian Herbert -- Prisoner of war -- Much at stake -- New recruits -- Final performance -- The old man and the cherry tree -- Sea dreams / with Rebecca Moesta -- The ghost of Christmas always -- Drumbeats / with Neil Peart